Machine for curling hat-brims.



Patnted Nov. 12, mm.

R. G. & G. SE-GSCHNEIDER.

MACHINE FOR CURLlNG HAT BRIMS.

(Application filed. Mar. 1, 1901.

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

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Patented Nov. I2, I90].

No. 686,3-5l.

B. G. 8:. G. SEGSCHNEIDER.

MAGHINEFOR CURLING HAT BBIMS.

(Application flied Mar. 1, 1901.)

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(No Model.)

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I ATTORNEYS NlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH G. SEGSOHNEIDER AND GUSTAV SEGSOHNEIDER, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR CURLING HAT-BRIMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,351, dated November 12, 1901. Application filed March 1, 1901. Serial No. 49,390. (No model.)

To aZLwf wm it may concern/.-

Be it known that we, RUDOLPH G. SEG- SCHNEIDERand GUSTAV SEesoHNnIDER, citizens of the United States,residing in Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Curling Hat- Brims, of which the following is a specification. r

This invention relates to an improved machine for curling hat-brims in such a manner that a smooth U-shaped curl is produced in a quick and uniform manner, which perfect curl could not be produced by the machines heretofore in use.

The invention consists of a machine for curling hat-brims, which comprises a segmental heating-iron having a longitudinal face-groove, means for feeding the brim of the hat toward said heatingiron, a reciprocatory curlingtool adapted to force the brim into thegroove of the heating-iron, and means for imparting a rapidly-reciprocating motion to said curling tool, so as to hammer the brim, as it were, between it and the heating-iron. The invention consists, further, of the mech. anism for imparting the quickly-reciprocating hammering action of the curling-tool on the brim of the hat and, lastly, of certain details of construction and combinations of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of our improved machine for curling hat-brims. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machineshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the main operative or curling parts of our improved machine, partly in elevation, showing the simplest form of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a modified construction of the connecting-rod by which reciprocating motion is imparted to the curling-tool. Fig. t is a vertical longitudinal section of a modified construction of the curling mechanism. Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section on line 6 6 of Fig. 4:, taken in direction of the arrow.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the supporting-table of tour improved machine for curling hat-brims. On the table A is supported the mechanismfor guiding and feeding the hat to the curling mechanism.

The feeding mechanism consists of a knurled conical roller 1), which is arranged in front or in advance of the curling mechanism proper, is supported in suitable bearings of the supporting table or frame, and is rotated by an endless belt 13, guided over a pulley b on the shaft of the conical roller, and suitable guidepulleys 12 b supported on the table, as shown in Fig.2. Rotary motion isimparted to the endless belt B by a gear-wheel and pulley transmission O c from the driving-shaft S, which driving-shaft receives motion by a suitable evident belt-and-pulley transmission from an overhead or other counter-shaft. Onto the conical feed-roller b is pressed a small-ribbed roller 0?, which turns on the end of an L-shaped or angular arm at, which passes loosely through the top plate of the supporting-table A, the downwardly-bent portion of the arm d being connected bya connecting-rod t with the treadle T. On the downwardly-bent portion of the arm (1' is arranged a collar d between which and the closed upper end of a suitable guide-tube d fixed in the top of the table'A, is interposed a helical spring (i that is fixed at the upper end and is attached at its lower end to said collar and serves to raise the small feed-roller 01 against the action of of the hat, which is interposed between the conical feed-roller b and the smaller feedroller (1. The hat is placed in position on the. table in the usual manner and guided along a roller 6 at the end of a slotted arm 6, which is adjusted by a clamping-nut e as shown in Figs. land 2. The guide-roller e and feedrollers b and d serve to move the hat-brim toward the curling mechanism.

Between the curling mechanism proper and the feed-rollers b and d a'turning-overdevice R is arranged, by which the brim is bent inwardly, so as to be curved and fed to the guide and then to a stationary heating-iron D,which is attached to the table A and provided with an outwardly extending flange D, below which agas-burner D or other suitable source of heat is arranged, so as to produce the heating of the iron D in the usual manner, as shown more clearly in Fig. 3. The heating of the outer projecting flange D produces by convection the heating of the inner U -shaped portion or longitudinally-grooved face D of the heating-iron, along which the hat-brim is conducted by the described feed-rollers. The heating-iron D is of segmental or arcuate shape and attached at its ends by suitable lugs Z-and fastening-bolts Z to the table A, as shown in plan view in Fig. 2.

The curling over of the hat-brim is produced, in connection with the heating-iron, by a preferably hook-like curling-tool II, the head 6 of which extends into the groove of the heating-iron, as shown in Fig. 3. The curling-tool is provided with a narrow shank E, that extends across the top of the stationary heating-iron D, being provided at its outer end with a suitable counterweight e so that the tool is balanced on the bent-over edge of the brim, as shown in Fig. 3, the shank of the curling-tool being fulcrumed to a slide-piece E which is guided in suitable keepers E on the table A. The slide-piece is provided with a lug E, that extends through a slot a of the table A in downward direction and is connected at its lower end by an adjustable connecting-rod E with an eccentric E on the driving-shaft S. The connecting-rod should be capable of adjustment so as to produce the required relative position of the curling-tool to the heating-iron, the adjustment being accomplished either by a turnbuckle 6 which connects the two parts of the connecting-rod, as shown in Fig. 3, or by means of a helical spring H, secured to and inclosing the sections of the connecting-rod, as shown at Fig. 3, or any other means for producing the adjustment of the connecting-rod may be used. In Fig. 1, I indicates a filler-plate pivoted at 8 which may be moved around under the head of the heating-iron, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 4, to take up the space which would result when the felt body of the hat is very thin.

\Vhen it is desired to facilitate the removal of the curled hat-brim from between the stationary heating-iron and the curling-tool, the latter is preferably mounted in a holder G, U-shaped in cross-section, as shown in Figs.

.4, 5, and 6, so as to permit the guiding of the shank of the curling-tool in the same, the rear end of the shank being connected by a helical spring g with a transverse pin 9 at the rear end of the holder, as shown in Fig. 5, and the holder being pivoted at g to a slide-piece E the same as previously described. In this case an ordinary connecting-rod E is used in place of the adjustable rod E When the curling-tool E is applied to the brim, it may be locked into the holder by means of a lever F, pivoted to ears F on the top of the shank of the tool, said lever engaging a side recess f of the holder, so as to lock the shank in position on the holder G. \Vhen the lever is raised, it is supported against a spring f, that is attached to the opposite side of the holder G, so as to be set in position for moving the tool outwardly from the heating-iron and permit the brim to be guided into the space between it and the curved grooved face of the stationary heating-iron D. When the hat-brim is placed in position, the lever F is dropped and the shank of the tool E locked to the holder, after which the machine is started and a quick reciprocating motion imparted to the curling-tool, so that a quick beating or hammering action is imparted to the brim, and thus a very effective curling of the brim obtained. When the hat has been turned entirely upon the table, so that the entire circumference of the brim is properly curled, the locking-lever F of the curling-tool E is released and the tool moved inwardly from the heating-iron again, so that the brim can be moved clear of the tool and iron and removed from the table, after which a new hat is placed in position on the table and curling mechanism, ready for the next action of the latter upon the brim.

With the peculiar-shaped heating-iron and the rapid beats of the curling-tool on the hat-brim the quick and effective curling of the same is accomplished and shape required produced in a manner which cannot be accomplished by the curling-tools heretofore in use.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a hat-brim-curling machine, the combination, of a supporting-table, a heatingiron on the same, provided With a longitudinally-grooved face, a curling-tool, having a head extending into the grooved face of the heating-iron, and means for rapidly reciprocating the curling-tool so as to exert a quick beating action on the hat-brim, substantially as set forth.

2. In a machine for curling hat-brims, the combination, with a supporting-table, a heating-iron, a reciprocating curling-tool engaging a concaved portion of the heating-iron, means for rapidly reciprocating the curlingtool so as to exert a beating action on the brim, and means for moving the curling-tool clear of the brim so that the latter may be removed, substantially as set forth.

3. In a machine for curling hat-brims, the combination of a supporting-table, a heating-iron, a curling-tool extending into a concaved portion of the heating-iron, mechanism for imparting a quick reciprocating motion to the curling-tool, and means for permitting a yielding motion in the curling-tool, substantially as set forth.

4. In a machine for curling hat-brims, the combination of a supporting-table, a grooved heating-iron on the same, a curling-tool composed of a head projecting into the groove of IIO the curling-iron and a shank extending from said head, a holder or guide-piece for said shank, a locking device for the tool for securing it to said holder to enable the shifting of the curling-tool so as to insert or remove the hat-brim, a slide-piece to which the holder or guide-piece is pivoted, and means for imparting reciprocating motion to said slide-piece, substantially as set forth.

5. A machine for curling hat-brims, having, in combination, a heating-iron, a curling-tool cooperating with said iron to produce the curl, and means for reciprocating said curling-tool, substantially as set forth.

6. A machine for curling hat-brims, hav- RUDOLPH G. SEGSOHNEIDER. GUSTAV SEGSCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, GEO. L. WHEELOOK. 

